Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman

Career big tech PM Dare Obasanjo discusses transitioning to managerial roles, importance of empathy in product management, challenges of content moderation, evolution of web apps, impact of venture capitalists on tech innovation, concerns about online advertising, frustrations with unwanted operating system features, economic trends affecting user experience, societal tech priorities, and funding misconceptions in tech industry.

In this episode, Scott chats with John Kattenhorn about the challenges of deploying large systems that involve Internet of Things (IoT) systems. There's a number of technical aspects to large scale IoT deployment as well as technical nuances to deploy a solution at scale with a focus on reliability security and manageability. We also talk about the Wilderness Labs Meadow platform that allows you to ship C# in a microcontroller.

Exploring conscious leadership, Ginny Clarke discusses ego in leadership, gender energy balance, physical presence, authenticity, and challenging the status quo. She reflects on fulfillment, love, empathy, and balancing honesty with empathy in feedback for personal and professional growth.

Davin Jackson discusses creating a safe space for kids to learn esports, integrating esports education into tech careers and countering misconceptions, ensuring online safety for young gamers, promoting positive gaming communities, and fostering respect and integrity in gaming environments.

Scott Hanselman chats with Postgres expert Sai Srirampur about turbocharging Postgres Replication using PeerDB. They discuss the migration to Postgres, tools for data movement, the balance of open source and commercial offerings in a startup, PeerDB's implementation with Postgres, and ensuring performance and scalability in PeerDB deployments.

Delve into the dynamic world of API gateways and the ongoing process of reinvention. Explore the latest trends, challenges, and innovations shaping the API landscape. From security concerns to performance optimizations, Josh shares his insights on how businesses can stay ahead by embracing the evolving role of API gateways in today's tech-driven ecosystem and how his experience building large scale systems like this informed the architecture at Zuplo.http://www.zuplo.com 

Delve into the transformative impact of local AI for startups, explore challenges faced by StoryGraph's freemium business model, discuss the impact of customer service outsourcing and privacy in AI implementation, discover the value of local AI and privacy in personalized recommendations, and explore the features of StoryGraph for reading challenges and book recommendations.

Scott Hanselman interviews Jose Tejada, a retro gaming enthusiast and FPGA developer. They discuss creating FPGA cores for classic arcade games, the benefits and challenges of FPGA development, and the future of retro gaming preservation through FPGA.

Dr. Sally Wahba, an expert in Open Telemetry, discusses the power of Open Telemetry in monitoring and tracing complex distributed systems. They explore parallels between sensor networks and Kubernetes nodes, the concept of observability in software engineering, finding the right balance with telemetry, the importance of observability in software development, and how to get started with observability and Open Telemetry.

CEO of Spring Science, Ben Kamens, discusses their AI tools for scientists. They also talk about their experience with diabetes and Artificial Pancreas Systems, their time at Fog Creek Software and Khan Academy, the complexity of experiments in science, and the role of AI in scientific research.